Due to wildfires that started on June 23 in Waldo Canyon near Colorado Springs, the 90th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been postponed until later in the summer. The event was originally scheduled for July 8th; race organizers said they would try to announce a new date within the next two weeks.

“We have been informed by the U.S. Forest Service that conditions are so extreme, along with the inability to forecast the future of the fire, and with access to Pikes Peak in jeopardy that the agency can’t permit the event to go as scheduled,” said Tom Osborne, chairman of the hill climb.

The 211 competitors and their crews will have to change their plans, and it’s likely that some, especially those coming from overseas, may have to miss the event.

Currently, the fire activity is roughly 10 miles away from the mountain. The United States Forest Service said the fire had already covered 18,500 acres and forced the evacuation of about 32,000 people. Damage is estimated at $3.2 million. The service, which said roughly 1000 people were fighting the fire, didn’t expect to have the blaze contained until mid-July. There have been no reported injuries or fatalities.

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been held since 1916 and is one of the longest-running auto races in the U.S., just behind the Indy 500.